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BREAD: UKRAINE’S STAFF OF LIFE AND SYMBOL OF HOSPITALITY BY KATHY HARRIS For centuries, Ukrainian mothers’ philosophy has been, ”A girl should be able to sift flour before she can walk and make bread before she can talk.” Perhaps that is why Ukraine is considered the breadbasket of Eastern Europe. Throughout Ukraine, a platter-size loaf of bread called a khlib і sil, its center cradling a mound of salt, is offered to guests as a symbol of hospitality. There are countless types of bread made through out Ukraine, some for everyday consumption, many for special occasions. A special bread called korovay is prepared for weddings and another for Easter is deco rated with birds and squirrels made out of dough. Through Cincinnati’s sister city project with Kharkiv (prounouned ”har-keeve”), the Buskin Bakery in Cin cinnati recently hosted Ukrainian bakers who taught their staff to make authentic Ukrainian bread. Enough of the leaven remains to make 100 loaves of bread, which will be baked by Buskin personnel and sold at MID- DFEST. 73 HERE FROM UKRAINE! HOW DID ALL THESE FOLKS GET HERE? MIDDFEST if fortunate to have so many artists, per formers and others from Ukraine participating in this year’s celebration. Their presence is due, in large part, to the cooperation of our partner, the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Project. The Sister Cities Program is an international effort to encourage understanding and co operation by promoting communications and exchange between ordinary citizens. The Cincinnati-Kharkiv Pro ject is considered by many to be the most active and best organized of the seven sister city projects in Cin cinnati and one of the best in the country. Since its inception the Project has initiated contin uous exchanges in the areas of business, culture, medi cine, religion and education. Many people-to-people exchanges of students and families and a major pen pal project for young people have also been arranged. Med ical supplies and enough bread, peanut butter and jelly for 100,000 sandwiches were shipped to Kharkiv while various cultural exhibits and “The Soviet Connection,” a retail store at Kentwood Towne Center, have opened in Cincinnati. INFLATION, POLLUTION, SHORTAGES — AND UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUN ITIES FACE THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT PEOPLE OF UKRAINE While one in 12 Ukrainians owns a cow, only about one in 40 owns a car. Almost every home has electricity and often a television, but almost none have indoor plumbing. Something almost all Ukrainians do have, however, is a sense of humor about their adversities. Here are some examples of Ukrainian anecdotes as related by Ralph and Christine Dull, an Englewood, Ohio farm couple who lived in a Ukrainian village for six months and wrote a book about their experiences called Soviet Laughter, Soviet Tears, on sale at the MIDDFEST Office on the fourth floor of the City Building. A woman entered a store and asked, ’’You don’t have any meat, do you?” This is a fish store,” answered the proprieter. “You know the meat store across the street? That's where they don’t have any meat." A man was ordering a car and the official said it would be delivered in ten years. "Will that be in the morning or afternoon?” the man asked. "Why do you ask such a thing?" responded the official. "Because the plumber’s coming in the morning,” the man replied.
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